A Turing tarpit is any programming language or computer interface that allows for flexibility in function but is difficult to learn and use because it offers little or no support for common tasks. The phrase was coined in 1982 by Alan Perlis in Epigrams on Programming
54. Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy.
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A Turing tarpit is any programming language or computer interface that allows for flexibility in...
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A Turing tarpit is any programming language or computer interface that allows for flexibility in function but is difficult to learn and use because it offers little or no support for common tasks. The phrase was coined in 1982 by Alan Perlis in Epigrams on Programming
54. Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy.